ESCANABA, MI-- An Escanaba couple charged with torturing a teenaged boy heads to court Thursday morning.
A preliminary hearing is set for the boy’s mother, Susan Bardo, 46, and her boyfriend, Carl Pellinen, 47. The two are charged with first-degree child abuse, first-degree criminal sexual conduct and torture, each punishable by up to life in prison.
Bardo and Pellinen allegedly kept the 15-year-old in an 8x10-foot room made out of tarps and abused him over a four-year period.
A preliminary hearing determines if there’s enough evidence in the case to send it to circuit court.
